The Energy Minister has claimed the Coalition’s seven proposed nuclear sites will barely make a dint, providing only 3.7 per cent of our grid’s energy needs. However, that 3.7 per cent is 11 GW of nuclear capacity as a proportion of the ‘300GW’ of generation in the 2050 grid, calculated by the Smart Energy Council, a renewable industry body.
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